John Paul Dormans MD

John Dormans has been Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) since 1996. He holds the Richard M. Armstrong Endowed Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery. He is also Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Dormans has been at CHOP and Penn since 1990. He has served as President of the Medical Staff of CHOP and as the President of Children's Surgical Associates (CHOP surgical group) for four 3-year terms.
He was the recipient of both the Jesse T. Nicholson Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching and the Dean's Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching from Penn in 1995. He was an AAOS and AOA Kashewagi Suzuki travelling fellow to Japan in 1996. He will be President of the SRS for the 50th anniversary meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr Dormans has won the SRS Hibbs Award for Best Basic Science Paper in 2011 and Best Clinical Paper in 2006. Additionally, he was named President Elect for World Orthopaedic Concern. Dr Dormans is a past Chairman of the Board of Directors Orthopaedics Overseas and served on the Board of Directors of the Decade of the Bone and Joint Project. He was the President of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America for 2009-2010 and currently serves as SICOT USA Immediate Past Chairman and SICOT Foundation Secretary General.